Report: James Franklin offered Penn State job

11:49 PM,
Jan. 8, 2014

FILE - Vanderbilt AD David Williams, right, is ready to work again on a contract for football coach James Franklin, left, if needed.
Jeff Lockridge / The Tennessean
Vandy photo from Friday practice, Aug. 9, 2013 (James Franklin and AD David Williams). (Jeff Lockridge / The Tennessean)

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Jeff Lockridge
The Tennessean

Vanderbilt coach James Franklin has been offered the Penn State job, according to the Scranton (Pa.) Times Tribune.

The paper reported there was an hours long meeting Wednesday with the search committee in Destin, Fla.

Dozens of reporters gathered at University Park Airport before 10 p.m. to see Penn State president Rodney Erickson and athletics director Dave Joyner exit a flight from Destin, Fla., according to NBC10 in State College and other news outlets. ...